Poll: Congress's job approval at 13%

Congressional job approval has fallen to 13 percent, matching an all-time low, a new poll shows.

Approval for Congress has been less than 20 percent each month since June, according to a monthly Gallup poll. Congressional job approval has dropped to 13 percent only twice in Gallup’s history: August 2011 and December 2010.

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Disapproval transcends party lines — Republicans’ and Democrats’ approval of Congress stands at 14 percent, while only 13 percent of independents approve.

Older Americans are most likely to disapprove of congressional job performance — only 8 percent of those 55 and older approved of Congress. However, among younger adults aged 18-34, the approval rating rises to 21 percent.

Congress is currently on track to register its lowest annual average approval rating for any year since Gallup began measuring congressional approval in 1974. The current record is 18 percent, recorded in 1992. This year’s average through 10 months is 17.8 percent.

This survey was conducted Oct. 6-9, 2011 with a sample of 1,005 adults. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.